and national figures are similar (10.1% cf. 9.6). Per capitaalcoholconsumption The ACT’s adult per capitaconsumption of alcohol for the 2000/01 year has been estimated as 9 ... of Australia. The resulting serious gap in information on alcoholconsumption levels ... TABLE 1 ALCOHOLCONSUMPTION, RISK STATUS, ACT & AUSTRALIA, 2004 Risk status ACT (%) Australia (%) Abstainers Low risk Risky or high risk Persons aged 14 years and over

Annex 27: Table 18: Characteristics of adultalcoholconsumption in different ... in litres of absolute alcohol (recorded and Percentage of total adult per capita ...consumption (in litres of absolute alcohol) per adult drinker Estimated average pattern

of alcoholconsumption • Reducing the availability and supply of alcohol in the community • Reducing alcohol promotion • Stricter enforcement of laws against serving intoxicated ... Estimates of the proportion of the population (14 years or more), expressing personal approval of excessive drinking of alcohol by an adult, by age, ACT and Australia, 2001 ACT % Pop Australia % Pop 14-24 years 25-39 years 40+ years Data Source ...australia

Alcoholconsumption The Australian Bureau of Statistics has noted that the apparent total consumption of alcohol has fluctuated in Australia over the past 50 years. From the early 1960s onwards apparent per capitaconsumption increased ...australia

Alcohol Related Mortality and Morbidity Tasmania had an age standardised alcohol-attributable mortality rate of 18.8 per 100, 000 population for the period 2003 ... and Australia as a whole and caused an estimated 496 deaths in Tasmania (331 males and 165 ...australia

levels of consumption and across all age groups. Although consumption of alcohol in Australia (in per capita terms) has stabilised, and even fallen slightly in recent years, the Draft National Health Policy on Alcohol in Australia in 1987 expressed unease ...australia

and a slight decrease in their overall per capitaconsumption of alcohol.6 By contrast ... consequences to the drinker. Since Western Australia initiated a major alcohol education ... of health risks associated with excessive alcoholconsumption, and greater understanding

Per capitaconsumption of alcohol in Australia is high by world standards ... out of a total of 180 countries. Table 1 shows Australia’s level of per capitaalcoholconsumption ... countries in 2003. More recent estimates of per capitaalcoholconsumption for Australia

10% increase in per capitaalcoholconsumption in the United States would result in a 6 ... this study will focus on societal levels of alcoholconsumption. Per capita levels of alcoholconsumption show overall increases in Canada until the mid-1970s, stabilizing ... Property crime rate per 100, 000 population Apparent per capitaalcoholconsumption (litres per year) Alcoholconsumption Property crime